Macrostomum lineare Fig 5.jpg

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Imaging technique: 
Illustration
Keywords: 
stylet tip thickening unclear (Image keywords), stylet shaft with one turn (Image keywords), stylet shaft decoration absent (Image keywords), stylet tip opening unclear (Image keywords), stylet base tubular (Image keywords)
Description: 

The penis-stilette is a lengthy, tubular structure containing two right angle bends in its main axis. The basal proximal rim is dentate. The enlarged end is quite asymmetrical in that one side wall is always longer and larger than the other one. The sperm cell has a feeler, a conspicuous anterior swelling, lateral paired setae, but lacks a definite tail region. This cell lacks observable chromatin granules. p. 275

Taxonomic name: 
Macrostomum lineare (Macrostomorpha)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith